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Entries by Emily Schuler
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Psychotherapy for Older Adults: Specifics and Challenges
In my experience as a clinical psychologist, I have come across reports from professional colleagues concerning the increased demand for psychology clinics aimed at older adults. While psychologica...
Multigenerational households as a solution to the economic crisis in Brazil?
The economic crisis in Brazil has received much attention in the media recently, with the Tullet Prebon Brasil Report demonstrating that the country currently has the minimum wage with the lowest p...
The Pandemic as grounds for Intergenerational Solidarity
The various global losses the Covid-19 Pandemic has brought in the last couple of years are numerous, reaching 5.96 million deaths worldwide. In Brazil, the effects of the Pandemic were severe, wit...
A humanitarian appeal on older adults in Ukraine
In the last few weeks, we have witnessed the unfolding of the assault on Ukraine with extreme scenes seen all over the media, where we are shocked by the news and situations reported, without knowi...
Intergenerational baiting and "being cringe" in Brazil
Last week in the Institute blog Christian Langkamp highlighted some of the reasons for growing intergenerational tensions in Germany. I want to look at Brazil, and especially the way that &ls...
Grandparents’ Day in Brazil
It’s often said that in Brazil we have a holiday for everything. So how we could miss the opportunity to celebrate - in addition to Mother's, Father's or Family Day - Grandparents'...
ICD-11 and an argument about "old age"
The translation of WHO’s latest revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) into Portuguese, published with a declaration that it will be adopted in Brazil from th...
Great-grandparents in Brazil?
It is a common misconception that Brazil is a young country with a long way to go before it has to tackle the challenges of population ageing. The data tell a different story. According to Institut...